The representative of American Samoa, while supporting the noble goal of the Special Committee to eradicate colonialism, reiterated his request to the Special Committee to have the Territory removed from the list of Non-Self-Governing Territories with which the Committee was concerned and stated that American Samoa wanted to remain a Territory of the United States of America.
El representante de Samoa Americana, si bien expresó su respaldo al noble ideal del Comité Especial de erradicar el colonialismo, reiteró al Comité su solicitud de que retirara al Territorio de la lista de los territorios no autónomos de los que se ocupaba y declaró que Samoa Americana quería seguir siendo territorio de los Estados Unidos de América.